Thanks for your reply. I have the latest BIOS, but my motherboard is an ASUS
P4B533-V
I have also noticed that if I leave the computer idle and expet it to enter
sleep mode it doesn't, despite it being set to after a delay of one hour.
"PvdG42" <pvdg@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Bradley" <bradley.a.thomas@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:O359EFR%23HHA.1208@xxxxxx Quote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am running Windows Vista Home Premium on a slightly older machine with
>> 2.66ghz Pentium 4 and 2gb ram and can not get Vista to sleep. If I select
>> sleep from the power options on start menu, or press the sleep button on
>> my keyboard the machine will power down as if entering sleep mode, but it
>> will then very quickly restart, however the desktop won't load. The
>> screen stays blank and the only option left is to press the reset button
>> located on the tower.
>>
>> However when I hit the reset button the machine does not simply reset
>> every time. On occassions it will, but on other occasions it will resume
>> Windows from the sleep state earlier requested. But the desktop will
>> still not load. My monitor stays totall blank.
>>
>> I have tried the obvious potential solutions including disabling the
>> ability of my mouse and keyboard to resume the computer from sleep mode,
>> in the anticipation that I would simply use the power button. I have also
>> disabled the ability of the ethernet port to wake the computer from sleep
>> mode when I thought it possible that my ADSL connection was waking the
>> machine. I have also updated my graphics port drivers too.
>>
>> Could this be a hardware issue or does it sound like something which is
>> related to Windows, and if so does anyone know if MS is planning to issue
>> any patch or any fix in a future Service Pack for Vista?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Bradley
>
> Have you checked to see if there is an updated BIOS available for your
> motherboard? It's entirely possible that your PC's motherboard/BIOS
> doesn't fully support all Vista features.
>